by News Staff | Mar 13, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The issue of incomplete mitigation projects has reached critical mass with the Owens Valley Committee and Sierra Club. The two organizations have asked for a dispute resolution meeting of the partners in the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding, setting a...
by News Staff | Feb 16, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Three hundred acres scarred by lost meadow grasses in the Five Bridges area, north of Bishop, south of the Owens River, could be the poster child for failed mitigation of groundwater pumping. The mantra — if there is damage, it will be mitigated...
by News Staff | Feb 9, 2016 | Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy With a little wordsmithing, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s request for an okay on the development of a plan to reduce water allocations for irrigation and mitigation projects in the event of a fifth consecutive year of drought came...
by News Staff | Feb 9, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Last summer, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power scrambled to get a variance from the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control Board allowing for water savings on the Owens Lake dust mitigation project. Great Basin has been working with LADWP...
by News Staff | Feb 3, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The reference to Sierra snowpack in Monday’s Tech Group story was misleading. The 115 percent was pulled from a Los Angeles Times article of January 28, noting the numbers from the state Department of Water Resources. There’s a very strong possibility...
